You seem terrified that some positive change MIGHT be happening Matty. Why is that? Mowbray out, Venus out, (new pitch which you split hairs about) I'll take that to be going on with.

Bit premature to have a meltdown on the strength of the word of someone on here that Balaji's son will be coming into the Club. Bit harsh as well. Given Suhail is their eyes and ears on the ground over her and was formerly their driver difficult to see how he could be much of a downgrade whilst learning on the job. If he's the eyes and ears you don't need much technical expertise for that, if he was coming in and taking Waggott's job straight away you might have more of a point but even then, could he do much worse? Name one thing Waggott has done which has been of benefit to the Club. Perhaps they're copying the John Williams model anyway - appointing someone who knew the square root of naff all about football at the time he was appointed. That worked out (generally) OK.

Very good.

It's expertise.

.........and one to go, hopefully. Amen to your second paragraph.

Ideal. We already have Benson and Hedges. And at least he'd play 4-4 *******2. None of this wide striker malarkey.

Now now Chris, don't get cheeky, and there was me feeling sorry for you (for all of about 2 seconds) last night! Hopefully from our point of view over the next two or three seasons we'll see the difference between our owners who despite their many and well documented faults appear able to absorb a £200m loss without batting an eyelid and yours who seem intent on fleecing the Club at a fairly exorbitant rate of interest.

The thing that makes me sceptical is if you really have your heart set on Farke, why even bother compiling a shortlist of other managers, surely you'd only do that if Farke fell through? I still hope against all the odds it's right though.

I thought Mercer meant he'd bet on either of those 2 for Burnley not us.

Some nice mental gymnastics there to overcome the obvious contradiction. The Board can't request funds the manager hasn't asked for either!

So, if that's true, that flies directly in the face of your assertion that Mowbray didn't have money to spend in January. If he wanted it.

I'm not sure why you dispute that when Mowbray himself openly admitted it was his decision for example not to bring a striker in as it was not the way we played according to him.

He gave a terrific interview after the play off Final yesterday, no excuses about the performance on the day but was waxing lyrical about his squad, saying it was the best he'd ever had and how much he was looking forward to getting stuck into League 1 again next season. He certainly didn't sound like someone who wad intending to leave. A fraction of that type of honesty and enthusiasm would have worked wonders here over the last 4 seasons.

Not biting...... I'm not really the right person to ask........your question would be better directed towards one of the concerned fans who have held discussions with the Club. If you were to ask me my personal opinion, I'd say not as well or quickly as hoped. (Edit: But then I'm an impatient bugger where all things Rovers are concerned and would prefer not to go on five year "journeys" leading back to exactly where we started like the one we've been on with your mate Mowbray.) No idea what your final paragraph is about, as far as I'm aware no-one from what you sarcastically describe as "the QEGS group" has made any claims regarding the new manager whatsoever.

Ssshhh......don't spoil any of Glen's conspiracy theories with facts.

I don't place much store by what Sharpe says but IF (as he is inferring above) any new appointment will be hindered by having to keep on Mowbray's deadbeat coaching staff that will be a massive impediment to bringing in a top class candidate. Given Venky's financial clout the process SHOULD be so straightforward. Identify the best candidate available, make it happen and let them bring in whoever they want.

Yeah right. I always liked him in the Monkees. I'm a believer. Not.

Exactly. I don't know where Mccarthy's name has cropped up from but if say Bradley Orr did his coaching badges he'd have exactly the same sort of qualifications as McCarty for the role I.e. zero.

Ah. So he's gone off Johnathan Woodgate has he?

I was speaking to someone a few weeks ago who was adamant Ferguson had been interviewed about the job at Sparth House in Clayton Le Moors. I didn't give it any credence at the time as the general consensus was we hadn't spoken to anyone at that point (apart from Mowbray) Not sure how I'd feel about that. He'd certainly put a much needed rocket up a few arses but not sure if he's all that in terms of managerial ability ultimately.

Interesting. I thought Wilder was coming in towards the end of last season when it was apparently common knowledge amongst the players Mowbray would be leaving at the end of that campaign but for whatever reason it never happened. Not over the moon about the prospect of Carvahal but could live with it. Would be disappointed with Grayson. If the owners really want to show intent there's still only two stand out candidates. Farke and Dyche. No need to look any further but I'd also be reasonably happy with Ainsworth.

The opposite of Alf Ramsey as well. Not that I am for one nanosecond comparing Mowbray to Sir Alf.

This is exactly what I've been saying all along, the situation was completely created and stage managed by Mowbray imo. Delighted he's gone, three and a half years too late for me, but better late than never. Those bottles of Aldi champagne will be getting a road trip now. Far less delighted Venus, Waggott and Lowe don't appear to be following him out of the door. Who of any calibre is going to want to work with those deadbeats? And what happened to Waggott's widely mooted retirement? Hard to escape the conclusion that they're determined not to go until the bulldozers have moved in on Brockhall. The other worrying thing is that reading between the lines we don't even seem to have given Mowbray's replacement any thought, let alone lined up a high class replacement in the Farke bracket. Still, it's a start, and let's be grateful for small mercies etc etc.

Make your mind up, or is it the Dyche/Farke/Webber/Neil dream team?😉

Before you start dissing Hughton just remember Owen Coyle has had a Club promoted to the Premier League more recently than Mowbray.